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Dienstag, 24. März 2015

Raglan sweater / Raglan-Pulli

J and I aren't the
only ones in the family that got a Raglan shirt. R got a sweater,
too. In fact her's was the very first one. I sewed it already way
back in September, but just never really got to take pictures. The
pattern is again from Ottobre (Totem Owl 1/2014), and the fabric is a fun apple design
by Hamburger Liebe. I bougth it last year to make a sweater dress for
R. Well that never happend. Then in fall R was in desperate need for
some longsleeve shirts and sweaters and while looking at my stash,
the apples just called me. I really like how it looks and it must be
quite comfy as it is in constant rotation.

The only thing that I
don't like about the sweater is that the fabric faded already after
some washes remarkably. It still looks good, but when compared to the
original fabric (of which I still have quite a bit), it's quite
obvious. I have had this and similar problems with several of the
Hamburger Liebe fabrics in the last year and heared from several
people that they had issues, too. As the fabrics aren't on the cheap
side, that is quite annoying. However, I've read that they have
changed their fabric supplier, so I hope that the quality will be
better in the future. I mostly like the Hamburger Liebe designs, but
if the quality isn't right, than it's not worth it...

It is a great jumper Annika. The colour looks very vibrant, beautiful. When I dye fabric, usually put a bit of vinegar or salt when the machine is rinsing to fix the colour in the fabric...I'm not sure if that would work with printed fabrics too.